Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 21 · 40 questions

Tip (Verb + what + number): Usual order: name and contact details → a short objective → education → skills, projects, achievements → hobbies and interests. Strong action verbs: Led, Organised, Built, Designed, Taught, Raised, Created, Managed, Improved, Collected. Weak: “Was part of”, “Helped with stuff”, “Was involved in”. Add a number for the result: 6 students taught, ₹8,000 raised, 300 books collected. In education, list the latest first.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Did some things (c) Managed (d) Collected
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Kind of handled (c) Collected (d) Created
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Built (b) Managed (c) Organised (d) Helped with stuff
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Did some things (b) Kind of handled (c) Created (d) Was there for
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was there for”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
8. 8.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Built (d) Was there for
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Raised (b) Designed (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
10. 10.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Led (d) Organised
11. 11.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or a short objective? (a) education (b) a short objective
13. 13.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Just attended (c) Kind of handled (d) Helped with stuff
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
16. 16.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Just attended (c) Led (d) Built
17. 17.📑 In the education section, which order is usual? (a) random order (b) alphabetical (c) oldest first (d) latest first
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was there for (c) Did some things (d) Built
19. 19.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Managed (c) Just attended (d) Helped with stuff
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was involved in”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Created”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
22. 22.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or projects? (a) hobbies and interests (b) projects
23. 23.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Just attended”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
24. 24.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Kind of handled (b) Raised (c) Improved (d) Led
25. 25.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Improved”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
26. 26.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or a short objective? (a) name and contact details (b) a short objective
27. 27.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Was part of (c) Was involved in (d) Taught
29. 29.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
30. 30.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) achievements (b) skills (c) name and contact details (d) hobbies and interests
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was there for (c) Tried to do (d) Designed
32. 32.📝 Which line about the fundraiser is stronger? (a) Was part of it (b) Did collection stuff (c) Helped with fundraising (d) Raised ₹8,000 in a week
33. 33.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Designed (c) Created (d) Did some things
34. 34.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
35. 35.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Tried to do (c) Collected (d) Was there for
36. 36.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was part of (b) Taught (c) Just attended (d) Did some things
38. 38.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or hobbies and interests? (a) skills (b) hobbies and interests
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Organised (b) Tried to do (c) Was involved in (d) Was there for
40. 40.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests

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